St. Peter (Graz)
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| Surface: | 8.86 km² | ||
| Residents: | 15,910 (January 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density: | 1,629 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes: | 8010, 8041, 8042, 8051 | ||
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 3 ' N , 15 ° 29' E | ||
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| District Office: | St. Peter-Hauptstrasse 85 8042 Graz |
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| District Head: | Peter Schröttner ( ÖVP ) | ||
| 1. Deputy District Head: | Gabriele Burgsteiner ( Greens ) | ||
| 2nd deputy district head: | Gert Kosmus ( KPÖ ) | ||
| Public transportation: | Tram lines: 6, 26 Bus lines: 63, 64, 64E, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73U, 75U, N3, N6 |
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St. Peter is the 8th district of Graz . It was formed in 1938 from the former street villages of St. Peter, Messendorf (mentioned in a document in 1233), Neufeld , Peterstal and Petersbergen .
history
The beginnings of the German-speaking settlement of the eastern Graz basin are likely to be set in the middle of the 11th century. St. Peter was originally called Tremendorf and is still called that in the Babenberg land register from 1220/30. 1258 appears in a deed of donation to the Rein monastery among the witnesses of the knights Wulfing of St. Peter ( Wluingus miles de Sancto Petro ): obviously the village name had changed in the meantime. At the same time, the document is the oldest written evidence of a church in St. Peter. The archaeological findings, however, point to a small Romanesque church that must have existed for a long time. Tremendorf was in the middle of the territory of the great sovereign property; therefore, an own church of the lower aristocrats could have been built before Graz was founded.
In 1294 a pastor Ortolf von St. Peter is mentioned in a document. Although St. Peter belonged to the Graz city parish as the "Eternal Vicariate" until the 20th century , the vicars of St. Peter were always called "Pastors" and had benefices and other special rights that put them on an equal footing with other pastors.
In 1532 St. Peter was hit by the Turkish invasions. The church was also at least partially destroyed, but was consecrated again in 1535. The court of St. Peter existed in the 16th and 17th centuries . Since the Middle Ages, the town with market rights has been the center of a large parish. Its residents worked in agriculture or ran a trade.
From the middle of the 19th century, large brick factories were built in St. Peter and Messendorf because the need for building materials had risen sharply during the early days of Graz. The families Eustacchio and Aita became known. Around 1900 a villa colony emerged with the garden city settlement, in which the poet Rudolf Hans Bartsch also lived. The construction of an airport in St. Peter was also considered as an alternative to the Thalerhof , although the project was abandoned in 1929. Instead, a radio transmitter was set up.
The incorporation into the Graz urban area took place after the annexation of Austria in 1938. Since then, intensive construction work has commenced, which has largely left its mark on the village character. Especially after the Second World War, during the period of reconstruction, the brick industry flourished in the east of Graz until the last brick factory closed in 1967. In addition to the lower demand, one reason was the end of the layers of clay required for this. From 1906 to 1969 a tram line ran to the center of St. Peter; From 1970 this was only extended to the school center and only extended to the Peterstal in 2007.
The terraced housing estate was built from 1972 to 1978; the Eisteichsiedlung and numerous other residential projects followed. St. Peter has remained a popular residential area to this day, which is also reflected in the intensive construction activity and the associated decline in green space.
economy
- Messendorf industrial park
- Center east
traffic
Public transport
Since its extension into Peterstal in November 2007, tram line 6 (or 26 in the evening and Sunday traffic) has connected the district with the city center. St. Peter offers connections to the bus routes 63, 64, 64E, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73U, 75U and 76U of Holding Graz Linien and private companies as well as other regional bus routes.
Private transport
One of the main entry routes from the east is via St.-Peter-Hauptstraße through the district. Via the St.-Peter-Gürtel, you can reach the Raaba exit of the A2 Süd Autobahn , which is on the district border .
education
- Neufeld primary school , UNESCO school , Pedagogical Panther 2008
- Eisteich elementary school
- Free Waldorf School Graz
- St. Peter branch of the Volkshochschule Graz
- Music School Graz-St. Peter
Buildings
- Parish Church of St. Peter
- State studio Styria of the ORF by Gustav Peichl ('Peichl-Torte')
- Terraced house settlement , built 1973–1978 according to plans by Eugen Gross , Friedrich Groß-Rannsbach and Werner Hollomey .
- Peterstalstrasse 16c-f, planned in the early 1980s by Helmut Richter and Heidulf Gerngross , built 1986–1991 (Styria model)
nature
- Grazer Urwald : The overgrown area of a former tree nursery, which was closed due to the difficult economic situation after the First World War, is characterized by a rich fauna and especially flora and contains numerous plants that are not native to Central Europe, including a giant sequoia . The 3 hectare, freely accessible property has been in the possession of the Austrian Youth Conservation since 1993 and also serves as a nature learning place.
- Nature reserve Lustbühel: A nature reserve was established in 1989 on the southeast slope of the Lustbühel on the district border with Waltendorf , which includes moist to wet meadow locations and a black alder break forest (source area of the Petersbach). In addition to rare butterfly and cicada species, there are various amphibian species and the protected dog-tooth lily .
literature
- Heimo Kandl, Alois Ruhri: Parish Church of St. Peter in Graz . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2001. ( Austria's Christian Art Centers . No. 377)
- Karl A. Kubinzky: St. Peter , in: Historisches aus Graz . Leykam, Graz 2010, pp. 206-211.
- Horst Schweigert: Dehio Graz . Publisher Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1979.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers + facts: population, districts, economy, geography on graz.at.
- ↑ a b c District councils in the St. Peter district on graz.at ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Karl A. Kubinzky: History from Graz . Leykam, Graz 2010, p. 210f.
- ^ Karl A. Kubinzky: History from Graz . Leykam, Graz 2010, pp. 207-209.
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↑ Pedagogical Panther 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lsr-stmk.gv.at (pdf; 589 kB).
The Pedagogical Panther 2008 , elternbrief.at (pdf; 64 kB).
A panther for the best. Kleine Zeitung , June 11, 2008, archived from the original on October 4, 2014 . . - ^ NSG-c62 parts of the Lustbühel. State of Styria , accessed on June 5, 2019 .
